I bought a pair of skechers a few years back. Within a few months they started separating (sole from base shoe), within 8 months they had become unwearable. Unfortunately skechers appear to be a triumph of marketing over quality (like many highly marketed brands). I will never ever buy another pair of shoes from this company, and I would recommend that nobody else buys shoes of this brand. It comes down to a truism - if manufacturers produce good quality products that people want to buy, they don't need to spend money advertising it. Skechers spend a lot of money advertising. Unfortunately in this case it appears to mean shoddy products